A5030653159- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Physical Activity and Health
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Sports Performance and Training
- Social and Behavioral Studies
- Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
- Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
- Muscle activation and electromyography studies
- Blood disorders and treatments
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
- Occupational Therapy Practice and Research
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Burn Injury Management and Outcomes
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health and Wellbeing Research
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2017-2021
Trondheim Kommune
2017
Uppsala University Hospital
2011
Abstract Physical mobility is essential to health, and patients often rate it as a high-priority clinical outcome. Digital outcomes (DMOs), such real-world gait speed or step count, show promise measures in many medical conditions. However, current research nascent fragmented by discipline. This scoping review maps existing evidence on the utility of DMOs, identifying commonalities across traditional disciplinary divides. In November 2019, 11 databases were searched for records investigating...
Background Objective measures of physical function in older adults are widely used to predict health outcomes such as disability, institutionalization, and mortality. App-based clinical tests allow users assess their own have objective tracking changes over time by use smartphones. Such can potentially guide interventions remotely provide more detailed prognostic information about the participant’s performance for users, therapists, other care personnel. We developed 3 smartphone apps with...
Abstract Previous studies indicate that elastic resistance bands (ERB) can be a viable option to conventional resistance‐training equipment (CRE) during single‐joint exercises, but their efficacy has not been established for several commonly used multiple‐joint exercises. Thus, we compared muscular activation levels in four popular exercises performed with ERB (TheraBand ® ) vs. CRE (Olympic barbell or cable pulley machines). In cross‐over design, men and women ( n = 29) squats, stiff‐legged...
With the growing number of young-older adults (baby-boomers), there is an increasing demand for assessment tools specific this population, which are able to detect subtle balance and mobility deficits. Various tests already exist, but suffer from ceiling effects in higher functioning older adults. A reliable valid challenging test critical determine a adult's performance timely initiate preventive interventions. The aim was evaluate concurrent validity, inter- intrarater reliability,...
Introduction The European population is rapidly ageing. In order to handle substantial future challenges in the healthcare system, we need shift focus from treatment towards health promotion. PreventIT project has adapted Lifestyle-integrated Exercise (LiFE) programme and developed an intervention for healthy young older adults at risk of accelerated functional decline. targets balance, muscle strength physical activity, delivered either via a smartphone application (enhanced LiFE, eLiFE) or...
Background: The Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise (LiFE) program is an intervention integrating balance and strength activities into daily life, effective at reducing falls in at-risk people ≥70 years. There potential for LiFE to be adapted young seniors order prevent age-related functional decline. Objective: We aimed (1) develop by adapting (aLiFE) more challenging suitable preventing decline their 60s (2) perform initial feasibility evaluation of the program. Pre-post changes...
Physical activity monitoring algorithms are often developed using conditions that do not represent real-life activities, the target population, or labelled to a high enough resolution capture true detail of human movement. We have designed semi-structured supervised laboratory-based protocol and an unsupervised free-living recorded 20 older adults performing both protocols while wearing up 12 body-worn sensors. Subjects' movements were synchronised cameras (≥25 fps), deployed in laboratory...
Elastic resistance bands require little space, are light and portable, but their efficacy has not yet been established for several exercises. The main objective of this study was to compare the muscle activation levels induced by elastic versus conventional training equipment (dumbbells) in upper-body exercises flyes reverse flyes. level measured with surface electromyography 29 men women a cross-over design where loadings dumbbells were matched using 10-repetition maximum loadings. slightly...
Extensive test batteries are often needed to obtain a comprehensive picture of person’s functional status. Many not suitable for active and healthy adults due ceiling effects, or require lot space, time, training. The Community Balance Mobility Scale (CBMS) is considered gold standard this population, but the complex, as well time- resource intensive. There strong need faster, yet sensitive robust physical function in seniors. We sought investigate whether an instrumented Timed Up Go (iTUG)...
Assessment of physical performance by standard clinical tests such as the 30-s Chair Stand (30CST) and Timed Up Go (TUG) may allow early detection functional decline, even in high-functioning populations, facilitate preventive interventions. Inertial sensors are emerging to obtain instrumented measures that can provide subtle details regarding quality movement while performing tests. We compared with their ability distinguish between high very status, stratified Late-Life Function Disability...
The Community Balance and Mobility Scale (CBM) has been shown to be reliable valid for detecting subtle balance mobility deficits in people who are 61 70 years of age. However, item redundancy assessment time call a shortened version.The objective was create validate version the CBM (s-CBM) without detectable loss psychometric properties.This cross-sectional study.Exploratory factor analysis with data from 189 young seniors (aged 61-70 years; mean [SD] age = 66.3 [2.5] years) used s-CBM....
<b><i>Background:</i></b> Time commitments, limited access, or unwillingness to join a group are some of the many reasons for low adherence structured exercise in older adults. A promising alternative approach is integrating into daily routines. <b><i>Objective:</i></b> This study tested whether an adapted Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise (aLiFE) programme suitable adults aged 60–70 years. <b><i>Methods:</i></b>...
With the growing number of young-older adults, there is a need for balance and mobility assessment tools specifically validated in this population. This study aimed to evaluate reliability, validity, responsiveness, internal consistency, ceiling effects challenging scale (Community Balance Mobility Scale, CBMS) adults. Fifty-one participants (66.4 ± 2.7 years) underwent CBMS assessment. The Fullerton Advanced (FAB), Timed-Up-and-Go (TUG), 8-level scale, 3-meter tandem walk (3MTW), gait speed...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Objective measures of physical function in older adults are widely used to predict health outcomes such as disability, institutionalization, and mortality. App-based clinical tests allow users assess their own have objective tracking changes over time by use smartphones. Such can potentially guide interventions remotely provide more detailed prognostic information about the participant’s performance for users, therapists, other care personnel. We developed 3...